Abdominal supporting attachment for corsets.



PATENTBD JUNIE'ZB, 1903;

G. LANZENDORFBR, I ABDOMINALSUPPORTING ATTACHMENT FOR GORSETS.

APPLICATION FILED QEPTffi, 1907.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. GEORGE LAN ZENDORFER, OFBRIDGEPORT,CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE MONA MANU- FACTURING CO., A CORPORATION OFMASSACHUSETTS.

ABDOMINAL SUPPORTING ATTACHMENT FOR CORSETS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 5, 1907.

Patented Tune 23, 1908.

Serial No. 391,505.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE LANZENDOR- FER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Bridgeport, in the county of Fairfield and State ofConnecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inAbdominal Supporting Attachments for Corsets; and I do hereby declarethe following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to abdominal supporting attachments for corsets,and consists in the combination and arrangement of arts hereinafterfully set forth and particu l description.

In the accompanying drawing Figure 1 is a view in elevation of theinside of a corset equipped with my improvement, and Fig. 2 a rearelevation of the corset, as it appears on the person of the wearer, withthe tension tapes of my mprovement protruding through the corsetpreparatory to being secured together.

Similar'numbers of reference denote like parts in both figures of thedrawing.

1, 2, are the complementary halves of an ordinary corset.

3, 4, are abdominal pads of any approved shape which are secured bystitching at their inner edges to the inner portions of the respectivecorset sections 1, 2, close to the front meeting edges or busks A, B, ofsaid sections. Attached to said pads and extending from the outerportions thereof are tapes 5, 6, which pass through apertures 7, 8,below the waist line of the corset and preferably at'the rear meetingedges of said corset sections.

The operation of my improvement is as follows :When the corset is on thewearer, the latter grasps the tapes projecting at the rear of the corsetsections and pulls them until the pads hug the abdomen with sufiicientpressure, whereupon the tapes are then fastened together by tying or inany other suitable manner.

At Fig. 2, I have shown the ends of one set of tapes equipped withbuckles 9, so that the other tapes may be passed through these arly'pointed out in the claim which concludes this' buckles, pulled tight andfastened, but the manner of securing these tapes together is immaterialand I do not wish to be limited in this respect.

It will be noted that the pads have no connection whatsoever with thecorset except at their inner edges where they are stitched to the corsetnear the busks, and therefore the corset will not ,be disturbed when thepads are drawn against the abdomen. Also, it will be observed that thetapes are spaced apart and when they are drawn around the person of thewearer they will extend above and below the hip bone so that they willnot oiier any obstruction to the free movement of the hips. Any desirednumber of tapes may be used and they may extend from the pads in anyapproved directions so that the pressure against the abdomen may bedirected and governed according to circumstances. Also, the location ofthe apertures is immaterial, and they may be placed at the sides of thecorset sections, as shown at a, b, in dotted lines at Fig. 2, in whichinstances the tapes would be drawn around the outside of the rearportion of the corset preparatory to fastening them together; or thespecial apertures may be omitted altogether and the tapes passed aroundthe person of the wearer out through the aperture of space between therear meeting edges of the corset sections below the waist line of thecorset and then secured together, the gist of my invention resting inthe broad idea of the abdomen pads having no connection with the corsetsave at the extreme front edges at the inside of the corset sectionsclose to the busks and provided with tension tapes which may pass aroundthe person of the wearer above and below the hip bone either outside orinside the corset.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is The combination with the sections of acorset having apertures near their rear meeting edges below the waistline of the corset, of abdomen pads secured at their inner edges to theinside faces of said sections close to the busks, said pads beingotherwise perfectly free from the corset, and tension tapes In testimonywhereof I aflix my signature extending from the outer edges of sald padsin presence of two Witnesses.

throu 'h said apertures, said tapes bein spaeea apart to extend aboveand below th: GEORGE LANZENDORFER' 5 hip bone and capable of beingsecured to- Vitnesses:

gether,wher1 the required pressure of said F. W. SMITH, Jr.,

pads. is obtained. a M. T. LONGDEN.

